Word Origin & History

conveyance c.1500, "act of conveying," from 'convy. Meaning "document by which something is legally conveyed" is from 1570s; sense "means of transportation" is attested from 1590s. Related: Conveyancing (1670s).

Example Sentences for conveyance

All are full of the momentum which they have caught from their mode of conveyance.

How could we hoist ourselves to such a height with Marie's conveyance?

Well, get some sort of conveyance that we can both sit in while you drive.

By no act of conveyance would, or could, He make over His own Rest to them.

They alighted at the street corner, and dismissing their conveyance, walked to the house.

The artist is his conveyance, not his companion,—his horse, not his friend.

A deed of conveyance having been prepared, they exchanged signatures.

The train was missed, and the crowd unyoked the horses from the conveyance.